Coalition
Staff Software Engineer, Security Engineering
Any location, Canada +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- Any location, Canada
United States - Remote
About the job
Leads the Security Engineering team building Coalition Control, owning backend services and technical direction while delivering and simplifying security products.
What you'll do
- Set the architecture and technical direction for Coalition Control’s backend systems, and simplify its microservices.
- Lead a team of four engineers through technical decisions, mentoring, code reviews, and engineering standards.
- Build and refine product features with cross-functional teams, and participate in the Security Engineering on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- Production experience designing and building distributed, event-driven systems and cloud-based services.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, including architectural influence, setting standards, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
- Strong proficiency in a modern backend language and framework; comfort with TypeScript/Node.js.
- Hands-on use of AI-assisted development workflows and experience designing, maintaining, and integrating APIs.
Nice to have
- Python/FastAPI experience; React.js is a plus.
- Cybersecurity experience.
Pay
CAD 176,000/year up to CAD 226,000/year (base salary; Alberta, British Columbia & Ontario); CAD 158,400/year up to CAD 208,400/year (base salary; all other locations)
Tools
Python/FastAPI, Go, TypeScript, React, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Node.js
AI focus
Uses AI-assisted development workflows, including Cursor and Claude, to gather context, define requirements, and generate code.
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